In fact, the origin of snail powder is still very random.
It wasn't invented by Qianlong Kangxi, or in the 1970s and 1980s, some people put fried snails, powder and other miscellaneous things together and found them particularly delicious, and then everyone scrambled to imitate them. Snail powder appeared.
If we have to analyze snail powder from a historical perspective, we should not analyze the common snail powder, but should find the source of the odor in snail powder? The origin of sour bamboo shoots.
Why are there sour bamboo shoots?
Since Qin and Han dynasties, salt has been controlled by the state. Therefore, it is not easy for ordinary people to use salt unscrupulously anytime and anywhere. In Guangxi, it is more difficult to obtain salt than the ancients in coastal areas. But people need to supplement salt, so the wise ancients chose to use acid instead of salt. In Li Shangyin's "Eating Bamboo Shoots for the First Time", it was once described like this? When the tender and fragrant buds first came out of the forest, the price of Yuling was as heavy as gold. It means that bamboo shoots were very precious food in ancient times. Therefore, in order to better preserve them and make them into sour bamboo shoots, people can eat this delicious food whenever they want, regardless of the season. Over time, sour bamboo shoots have become the most important ingredients in Guangxi.
Generally speaking, people's evaluation of snail powder is still polarized. People you like can't like it, and people you don't like smell like enemies. But I suggest you try snail powder when you have a chance. It smells bad, but it tastes good.
Sour bamboo shoots are a unique existence in the long history, the crystallization of ancient people, and the most suitable cooking method for ordinary people when they have no way to ingest salt. This is the crystallization of human beings. So, seeing this, don't you want to taste the delicious snail powder?